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I am in need of employment bad. The only problem is that I cannot start work until the end of June which is after my due date. I am skilled in Medical Administration, computers, I have great phone presentation, I will even get my hands dirty if I have to. I live in the Cleveland, Ohio area so if anyone needs help doing anything please let me know and I will be there.

To whom it may concern,

Stated Goal: $2,000.00 (by March 21st, 2012) for tuition, books and some new pants to get my academic career going... Breakdown of $1,288.33 for tuition/fees, approximately $400.00 in textbooks/supplies for the quarter, and the remainder for some pants and necessary travel expenditures for the first month of school.

I know you have many options with where your hard-earned money goes - some may make you feel GREAT about shedding a few pounds in the wallet, and others will leave you feeling downright dirty. I know this, because I was once in your shoes; money in my wallet, left only to my vices as to where to spend it. I never felt right about just handing it over to someone who, in my opinion, would merely go drink it away, drug it away, etc. It's funny how life throws these things all back into your face sometimes, and as such I find myself in need and hoping that the right person(s) will have the faith to invest in me - that's right, I said INVEST.

I don't believe in a handout, but I DO believe that sometimes we fall a bit harder than we are prepared to do and as such are put into situations that we neither expected nor are comfortable with. I opened a business that was going rather well for its first 7 months of operation. Then, through an anonymous post from someone online that "appeared" to be from my company, me and my business partner got black-balled from the industry (VERY political/bureaucratic in that particular industry). When this went under, though, it took me and everything I own with it - my vehicle, my home and much of my personal belongings. Prior to that, I spent 11 years on active duty military status in order to protect and serve this country. Yes, I've earned the G.I. Bill and fully intend to use it for its designed purpose. TheMy defining issue, however, is that the Bill pays for school on a month-to-month basis, at the END of each month of training. For example, my school begins this April 2nd so I cannot claim my benefits until the end of April, which will cause my first G.I. bill payment to get sent out in early May. The school, however, requires payment up-front and as explained above, I currently do not have the capital to get started. Once I've started, the Bill will sustain me, therefore I merely ask for assistance in getting the first quarter of classes paid, including books. I have a great academic history, and this is truly where I excel. My purpose is to some day acquire a PhD in pharmaceutics and do research to find new and improved medications for the benefit of the masses.

As for the pants, I have two pairs remaining and both have holes in the legs and crotch. While these DO technically work for all intents and purposes, it gets a bit breezy on these cold days and nights, and is probably unsightly (at best) to any of my would-be professors who may not appreciate an instructor's-eye-view of these things. As such, I figure I might like to buy a couple of pairs prior to matriculation.

Thank you, in advance, to any and all who assist me on this endeavor.

PLEASE SOMEONE HEAR ME Hello Everyone
Well here I am and I don't know where to begin.
I am a middle aged intelligent business woman not a dater partier or drinker. However I am in deep trouble and cant get out without help. I am HOMELESS I moved in with a druggie who said he was not doing drugs anymore. Since I was desperate, I believed him. I have cleaned his home for days in was so dirty, do laundry been cleaning on a daily basis. He moves things around makes messes when he is doing drugs. Lighters in the bed, cigarettes burning ashes all over etc. I have been a caretaker of him and his home. His parents are wonderful Christian people he is not like them at all. His mother had said maybe this is God's will for me to move in. It has taken a toll on me. I have been a great influence on him. He had put a drug in my drink twice I could tell. I confronted him. I am a strong person, this has not been easy. I could see I have made a difference in him. At this point my belongings are in his garage the remainder of my belongings are in storage. I have been here 6 weeks 4 out of the six with no car. He would take me to a job I needed to get too 2 weeks ago. I have been in dire straights' in the house everyday. He has a gate out front which I do not have the code for to get out. He locks the door on me and I have to knock for 2 minutes to get in. I sleep in a room with no heat on. My car broke down once I am penniless, my car guy fixed it free. A 10 year old VW. Now the clutch went therefore I have been grounded. No money to fix it. I asked him since he spends money like water on his children and drugs, however, he says he has none he is on unemployment. He has a history of a felony. I need to get out of here, I do not have a place to go to and no car. Tomorrow he says he is going to put my belongings in the garage on his truck and take it out of here and he expects me to leave. I have no where that I can go. I am behind in my storage fees as well.
When I am on the phone he asks me who am Im taking too, on the computer he thinks I am videoing him his home etc. yes he is parinoid. He was at PASSAGES in Malibu for a few months but it's obvious they did not help him nearly enough. You know if this was a paying job I can I believe work wonders for him. There has been a change in him. It is a challenge but I would do it. I see some progress and that makes me happy. He needs to be held on the right track. I know he doesn't like me here because he really cant be himself. He is limited with me here watching him. Also I have two dogs that have worked wonders with him too... they keep my sanity.There is much too much to explain of what I have been through in my heart Gods knows. Once when he was doing drugs he said he would give me the money I need for my behind storages fees if I don't tell his parents he is doing drugs. I said no Im not that type of person. The more and more I think about it I should have said yes. He hates that I am so straight. Help help help that's all I do I am in a hole and need HELP MYSELF.
IF anyone could help PLEASE MAIL ME one dollar to MARIA L. PO Box 2011 Newburgh, NY 12550 IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!
IF MANY HELP I can get out and get on my feet.
I THANK YOU ALL there is all TOO MUCH more to say.
I WISH YOU ALL MANY BLESSINGS and MY HEARTFELT THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL WHO HEAR ME.

PLEEEEEEEEEEEZ HELP ME!!

Have a long list here. If you have any of these items please feel free to contact me asap at 864-497-1790 or text me anytime:

nursing pillows
burp cloths
bottles equipped with newborn nipples
bottle brush
insulated bottle holder for diaper bag
nursing bras
nursing pads for bras
breast pump
diaper changing pads
diaper rash ointment
waterproof pads for changing table
rattles
any small toys
dirty diaper receptacle
wipes
cotton cloths
small thermos to hold warm water (for cleaning babies younger than 6 weeks)
plastic wipes holder(for the diaper bag)
packages of newborn diapers
pack of newborn t-shirts
6 one-piece outfits that snap at the crotch(long-and short-sleeve)
pajama sets
pairs of socks
pairs of soft booties
pairs of stretch cotton pants
bibs
cotton sweaters
knit caps
sun hats
zip-up sweatshirts
baby hangers
hooded towels
packs of washcloths
infant bathing tub
baby nail clippers
soft brush & comb
rubbing alcohol
petroleum jelly
digital thermometer
bulb nasal aspirator
receiving blankets
cotton blankets
cradle or bassinet with cotton sheets
crib mattress pads
waterproof liners(one for the bassinet and one for the crib)
crib & mattress
glider(rocking chair and footrest
dresser
hamper
baby monitor with 2 receivers
changing table
cool mist humidifier or vaporizer
lullaby cd's or audiotapes
stroller
sun shields for car windows
portable playpen
diaper bag
sling or soft front carrier
bouncy seat
baby books
digital camera or camcorder
playmat with toys attached
squishy baby ball

Hi everyone. If you're reading this, thank you. Let me say upfront, I'm not asking specifically for money. I'm just going to spill my guts about this hand I was dealt.

I've had a hard life. My mother passed away when I was 12, and my father passed away at 20. He left me a lot of debt and a house to maintain.

The stress of all this has given me problems. I started having panic attacks and was hospitalized for a cardiac arrhythmia. Recently, I developed optic neuritis. I'm working on getting Medicaid to cover some of my costs but right now I'm in debt about #1000.

There is one blessing in my life, a relative who pays my internet and utilities. He also helps me with food. But that's all he can do. He goes without to provide me with that. Otherwise I'd be homeless, hungry, and who knows where.

So I'm blessed to have the basics in life. But there's so many things that I need that I have to beg other people for. My family is...not so supportive. All I have left are aunts and uncles, all except one on my mom's side. My mom's side of the family pretty much abandoned me when she died. They put me though shame and humiliation when I ask for help.

I want a job, but I live in a very rural area. I've applied s o many places up to an hour away but I don't hear anything back. Recently I applied for some state jobs which I'm hoping might come through.

These are the things I need and things I want, so you know what my intentions are.

Need:
Toilet paper.... :( The way I've been getting it now is to go into public restrooms and putting some in my purse. I feel wrong about this. But what can I say, it's a necessity?

Personal items...I won't go into detail but I'm talking about um, feminine ones. I get the Dollar Store brand kind, but even then it's too much. I've had to go without it which is very hard.

Hygiene items...I stopped using soap and shampoo conditioner. I would love to...I feel dirty honestly. But I can't afford anything. I only use deodorant every few days because the bottle is running low and I'm trying to make it last.

House items...I need dish washing soap. I can't afford paper plates and am just washing dishes with hot water now. Sometimes I cant' clean it all the way through that way, but I just have to forget it. I also need laundry detergent. I'm almost out of a huge bottle that I have made last over a year. It was Sun brand from the dollar store, and I loved it. I'm all about generic.

Gas money...My car is an old SUV, and it takes a fair amount of gas. I try to limit when I drive. But it's a necessity since I live alone and in a rural area. I have to drive to run errands, go see the doctor, go to job interviews. I usually beg for this the most cause this is one of the things I can't do without.

Medication...I'm on two heart medications because of my arrhythmia. It's important I take them. I tried taking them twice per day instead of three, and I had horrible palpitations. So this is kind of my priority. As I'm still uninsured, both medications cost about 12 dollars a month.

Okay those are all things that I feel I need. Now, what I "want".

Clothes...I haven't bought new clothes since 2007. That's when my dad got diagnosed with cancer. My shirts have holes in them, so do my jeans. I got them from Goodwill originally most likely, I like to be frugal. The only person I have is made of linen and has a hole so things fall out of it! I've lost weight and I have had my jeans fall down in public. It's bad. I only have one bra and it's way past it's prime. I would love a little money to buy some basic things. Jeans that fit, some cotton T-shirts, a purse. Maybe even something for job interviews? I think part of the reason I get denied is because I show up in jeans and a T and flip flips. But that's all I have.

Beauty stuff...Okay, this stuff is totally not worth your money, I get it. But I just thought I'd list everything. It sucks being a young woman who can't feel pretty. I'm unwashed, my clothes make me feel like a hobo. I see other girls my age in class (I attend college part time thanks to financial aid) looking and smelling beautiful. I mean...

I just want a hair cut. Recently, I hacked about 6 inches off myself with scissors. It's not pretty. I just want a little powder and some lip gloss to not feel so plain. I just want a spritz of perfume so that there's something beautiful in my senses. I daydream about when I used to wear cute clothes, go to a salon. Wear mascara and paint my names. Ahh...But this is just a dream. I don't expect anyone to help me with things like that.

A new laptop/tablet...The one I have now is really old and really slow. Don't expect anyone to get me one. If it happened, I would probably assume I'm dead and in some sort of heavenly afterlife. Then I might pass out from shock.

So this my friends, is my general beg for help. I'm a 23 year old girl without much family. My basics are covered, but that leaves a lot for someone who is broke. I'm actively searching for employment. I've applied from Dr.'s offices to bars. I'm part time in college, and I'm not sure what I want to study yet.

I don't drink, if I had the money for beer I'd buy TP instead. I don't smoke or do any illegal drugs. I'm not a criminal.

I am not someone who wants to just take money. If you are down on your luck too, please don't send me anything. Put it in savings. Give it to some of these people who are about to lose their homes if you must. They're deserving.

If you're apprehensive about giving money but still want to help, you totally can. A package filled with toilet paper, tampons, shampoo...that would be like Christmas morning to me, I swear.

I'm not sure what I'm going to get out of this. Writing this was therapeutic though. If you're on this site, you're already a nice person. I bet 90 percent of the traffic is people who want something, like me. People who go on here to help someone is probably such a rare thing.

Thanks for reading.

Ok here are the basics of my story. I am a hard working mom of 3. Been with the same selfish man for 13 yrs. Hes been unemployed for over a year couldnt even keep up with housework while I work overnights for a greedy corprate owned pharmacy. One day dcf shows up because the kids clothes were dirty. After seeing a messy house ( thanks to guess who ) an investigation is started . I do all that is asked all is well. Same investigator comes back a year later. Police escort sees no reason for kids to be taken but that doesnt matter to dcf. Children get taken anyway. Begged him to take them to my sister (the one person in this world I thought I could trust) Now because her same sex partner has fallen in love with my children and is heart broken over having to give them back my sister has done everything from false anonomys allegations to telling counslers that they are so traumatized by me that even the sound of my voice over the phone makes them wet their beds at night. Lies to me and says she never said anything like that meanwhile I have all copies of every document stating the exact opposite. Her only response is how can you believe them over me Im family
Nobody cares that im border line of having a nervous breakdown over not being with my kids. The only part of the caseplan i havent completed yet is mr. wonderfui finding a job and moving to a place that doest have stinky well water. What i want to do is get a place on my own without mr
wrong but how do you come up with first and last months rent when by the end of the week your counting change for gas money?

Hello all! Thank you for reading this. I am a college student and very close to graduating. I've been working full time since I entered college and have accumulated so much debt in the process. I've been able to pay about half of my tuition expenses thus far, but times have become tougher. I'm living in an extremely old and dirty bug infested apartment to save as much money as possible to put toward my bills, but it just isn't enough. Once I'm done with school, I will get a part time job in addition to my full time job so that money is not an issue. Right now, classes and my full time job require my full attention and time. I hope you find it in your heart to help me out, even if it is only a quarter or two. Every cent is greatly appreciated! If you are not able to help me out, I completely understand since times are tough for many. If I receive what I need to pay all my bills any additional money received will be donated to others on this site in need. Thank you so very much!

I need funds to support my second college education! I will graduate college in the second quarter of 2012 and my current degree is BSIT... (Information Technology) (things about computers) and I'm actually qualified into one of the Latin honors...

I've been inspired to climb and reach the status to be the President of the Philippines! So that means I'm going to enroll a political degree like a lawyer or something and climb the dirty game of politics and make BIG changes to our nation Please HELP! I don't have any money left and I need investments for my plans to work faster... :(

The cause of my loss of funds is because my Mom and Dad got separated.
I sided with my Mother but she can't support me any more...
PLEASE HELP

I am Keith Ian Maguad and 18 years old...
http://www.facebook.com/Keithianmaguad
I live in the Philippines.

Please donate in any ways, through paypal or personally... please...
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!!

PS. This is serious, it is my lifetime goal. I will allow you to monitor my progress on my mission... If I do became the president. I will give you my full gratitude and credit. If possible, I could get a higher political level to make Global Changes for the global common Good. I have many plans and it may work out.

The idea has been brewing for decades. I am not alone. My generation does not have the retirement expected and enjoyed by our parents, despite having been educated and hardworking since our teens. Tried to save, careful with earnings, and at 50, little to show for it. The rat race has run it's course. The urban mayhem is tiresome, and we deserve to retire, relax, and enjoy life before we are too old to do so.
As it stands, I like many others are looking at working our whole lives, and I mean our WHOLE lives. It is wrong.
At my current age, both my parents took early retirement , and have been enjoying theor lives comfortably already for decades. This dream is completely out of reach for myself, and most amongst my generation.
Working our whole lives, full time is wrong on many levels. One being that we are only making others rich, as we toil, grow ill, and spend our days in traffic and cubicles, struggling, for what? As long as we are chasing the paycheck, there is no freedom, and no hope for living before we croak.
A commune does not have to be dozens of dirty hippies. I see small communities. Even half a dozen people, or couples in one large home. This home can consist of a shared building with kitchen and living space, and other out buildings containing bedrooms,bathrooms private entrances and porch space. So you have a place with community and privacy as you choose.
Once I had a roomate situation that was much like this. A large house, S shaped. bedrooms were at opposite ends, and I went weeks sometimes without even running into roommates. In the center was the main kitchen and a living room space where we occasionally got together in. Roommates each had their own entrance, bedroom, bathroom, and living room space. There was a common courtyard area, as well as a private outdoor area for every bedroom. We comfortably had 8 people,, sharing rent and utilities. This made the cost of living extremely low , and we each survived happily only working part time.
There was a community garden, those who participated in its upkeep could just help themselves to its bounty, but there was plenty to share and even those without the time to work in it would benefit.
Everyone was responsible for their own food needs, transportation, and their portion of rent and utilities. It was no problem, and we lived this way for a full decade, and could have indefinitely if the house was not sold. I did try unsuccessfully to buy it.

So, I am asking for assistance making such a thing possible again, but this time by owning, not renting, so as not to lose it!

The place does not have to be glamourous, just roomy, on the outskirts of town, and hoping this time for a pool. And I wish to share it with others in the same manner so to afford others like myself to retire, or at least semi-retire, comfortably. The beauty in this is also that you are not alone, not isolated, and yet not crammed in where you have no privacy. There is someone there if the car breaks down, or if your heart gives out!

I think this is a great model for my generation who has worked hard and deserves the retirement that has been stolen from them. We do not want to burden our children.

I see this model serving first in this respect for those of us contemplating the impossibility of retirement, but also I believe it can serve as a model for a new way to live for all. Share. Pool resources. Grow food. We can enjoy all the modern conveniences, and get off the grid too, gradually.

When like minded people come together and cooperate with the same goals in mind, it can happen.

Need the home, need the land. The rest is easy.

Please consider the simplicity, and common sense in my plea, and help me make this possible for myself, and others. It will serve as an example to our children and future generations. Please.

And thank you for reading this far, I know this was long!

Every cent I receive from this post and others I will put toward this plan which I hope to get off the ground ASAP.

- Jane

A couple of years ago, I was going to a university and had to get student loans. Soon after, my wife and I were in a car wreck and it caused us to miss school for a semester. The insurance company did us dirty and we weren't able to get the money we deserved and because of hospital bills and getting a used car, it took most of our settlement money and we weren't able to go back and finish school. And not to get pity, but my mother took advantage of our wreck and somehow stole a good chunk of our settlement that we planned on putting back and we never got that money back. With the jobs we have now on top of other bills, we aren't able to pay our loans and it's killed our credit score. They are now starting to deduct money from our pay checks and threatening to take the little assets we have to our name. I would really appreciate anyone who can help us. We're almost on the brink of being homeless and we desperately need help! We need around $20,000, but our goal is $15,000.

Thanks in advance to anyone who does help. This world would be a better place if there were more people like you! Your help is definitely not under-appreciated!

A couple of years ago, I was going to a university and had to get student loans. Soon after, my wife and I were in a car wreck and it caused us to miss school for a semester. The insurance company did us dirty and we weren't able to get the money we deserved and because of hospital bills and getting a used car, it took most of our settlement money and we weren't able to go back and finish school. And not to get pity, but my mother took advantage of our wreck and somehow stole a good chunk of our settlement that we planned on putting back and we never got that money back. With the jobs we have now on top of other bills, we aren't able to pay our loans and it's killed our credit score. They are now starting to deduct money from our pay checks and threatening to take the little assets we have to our name. I would really appreciate anyone who can help us. We're almost on the brink of being homeless and we desperately need help! We need around $20,000, but our goal is $15,000.

Thanks in advance to anyone who does help. This world would be a better place if there were more people like you! Your help is definitely not under-appreciated!

I am begging for help om behalf of my elderly grandmother,and my aunt who lives with her. Their house is falling apart,the bathroom floor is on the verge of falling on them,they are infested with roaches and rats. They are not dirty people, the problem is coming from the neighbors next door. They have a spot in the wall where the rats and bugs come through, no money forepairs or an exterminator. On top of this the house is in dangerous part of town. I dont want mygrandma to die like this,but they cant afford the downpayment on a house. They desperately need money to move.Please help my grandma ,anything you can give would be a blessing

I am a single mother of a 10 year old son. I have been struggling for the past 3 years since my divorce. I also had my own business from 2004 to 2007 but after my mom who was my rock, my best friend suddenly past I lost motivation and hate myself for that every day. I closed the business and went back to working for someone else. Started at 15/hr with the agreement they would increase my pay as time went on to get me where I needed to be. Instead, management changed and they cut my pay to $12.50. I was forced to look for another job which I did and currently making $14.41/hr. I only get $180 a month child support and although everyone tells me to go back to court for more money I am scared. My ex-husband does make very good money however, I have no family here to help me and his Mom picks my son up from school and keeps him during the summer so I am afraid if I try to go back to court for more $$ they will not help me anymore. I have had to get loans to pay bills so just added to my problem but had no choice if did not want utilities shut off. I am smart and capable of so much its just finding a job that will pay me what I am worth that is impossible and so frustrating and depressing. I also would like to go back to school but then how would I pay my rent, utilities and other loans? I don't have credit cards because of my credit due to the divorce but I do have 3 loans with high interest. I know that it could be much worse and a lot of people are in way worse situations, I just thought I would try this out because I don't know what else to do. I have tried for better jobs but the area I live in, just don't pay well.I am also looking for a less expensive place to live, and that has been so unsuccessful and I really don't want to have my son living in an unsafe place or dirty place either. It's just all rediculous and I don't know what I have done to deserve all of this struggle. I am a good person and would do anything for anyone. So, I figured I would try this out. May not seem so bad to some but the stress of not knowing from pay check to paycheck if I am going to be able to get the utilities, rent and loans paid is just very stressful and worst of all having to say no to my son all the time because I never have any money is awful.

So, I guess this is where I tell my story and list my reasons for needing assistance. This isn't so much begging as a loan request because I do intend to repay every cent to anyone who feels inclined to help.

Basically, I grew up in and out of group/foster homes because both of my parents were heroin addicts. Before I was taken away from them at age four we lived in junky squat motels where my father would boost and my mother would prostitute to support their habit. Eventually they were both arrested for crimes committed to support their habit and that's when I was made a ward of the state.

For a brief period my father got out of prison, cleaned up, and I lived with him from when I was about 8 to 11. He got me out of the foster home I was living in, met a woman at the church he started attending and got a job as a truck driver. While he was gone at work she would beat me continuing the abuse I endured previously in the foster homes I was shuffled through. It didn't take long until he started using again, and we found out that he had contracted AIDS from sharing dirty needles while he was in prison. During the time he was sick I ended up having to take care of him every day after I got home from school because my abusive stepmother was either at work or would have nothing to do with him when she wasn't. Of course, he got progressively worse and my step-mom decided she no longer wanted to support either of us, so she stuck him in a hospice. I came home from school one day and the paramedics were loading him into the back of an ambulance. For the next month she would not tell me where he was or let me contact him. At the end of that month, she left me on the doorstep of my grandmother's house (mom's mom) and was gone.

My father died about 3 weeks after that, but because my biological mother was living at my grandmother's as well we did make daily trips to see him those last weeks. A small mercy being able to spend some time with him before he died. My biological mother had gotten out of prison after my father had and had moved in with my grandmother because she was trying to get clean, but that did not last long and while we would go visit my father she would cop dope and fix up my dying father in front of me, as well as use herself. A couple weeks after my father died she split back out onto the streets leaving me in the care of my grandmother.

Needless to say with so much turmoil in my life I freaked out at this point. My grandmother couldn't handle her newly teenage grandson with so many emotional problems and kicked me out because I was so unruly. I lived on the streets, in and out of group homes until I was about 16 where finally I landed in a well run group home with staff that actually cared about the kids that lived there until I graduated high school. I re-established contact with my grandmother and mother who was once again trying to get clean. That didn't last and when she was out on the streets this time caught a lengthy prison sentence.

When I turned 18 I had to leave the group home so I stayed with friends and lived on the streets for a while again, but eventually ended moving back in with my grandmother. Not long after that she ended up being diagnosed with lung cancer. I spent the next few years nursing her, taking her back and forth to chemo and radiation treatments everyday after working the night shift as a waiter. During that time my mother got out of prison, but could no longer run the streets because now she was diagnosed with emphysema.

My grandmother did have a brief remission, but finally did succumb to her disease. After that, my mother's disease started getting progressively worse and worse. To top it all off after that she herself was also diagnosed with lung cancer. Thankfully during that time I did have some help taking care of her because I found a wonderful woman who became my fiancée. We took turns taking my mother to her chemo and radiation treatments.

Now, there is a lot more detail to this story with many more ins and outs, but that is the general outline. I guess you're probably wondering where the begging comes in and what I need it for?

Ok, here goes:

During that time my fiancée's horse riding lesson business tanked, and because of the nature of my mother's disease someone always had to be home with her because she would fall asleep sitting up and choke her self to death so someone always had to be home with her precluding at least one of us from having a regular job. We got a small stipend from the state for taking care of her in home, and she would do web design and find odd jobs off of craigslist/the internet and that's how we'd survive every month.

Unfortunately it ended up not being enough to survive or get my mother to her treatments every day. She was on medicare and the closest hospital that would accept her insurance was 40 miles each way. So, she ended up shoplifting groceries for us and got caught. I bailed her out and we took care of her case, or at least we thought we had. Cut to 2 days ago, my fiancée and I are awoken by bounty hunters stating that she missed a court date and they had to take her in. Her bail is $20,000 because now she has a failure to appear, and since my mother died about 6 months ago she's been taking care of me and has been the sole bread winner like I was when her business was tanking.

Our rent was due 3 days ago and the manager of the extended stay hotel place we live at told me we needed to be out by yesterday. I have about $10 to my name and if I don't have $600 to him in the next day or two I am sure his patience is going to run out and me, and my two dogs are going to be out on the streets, my fiancée will not have a home to come back to when she gets out of jail, and we will lose all of our stuff. If any of these details are unclear of if you have any questions about my situation please do not hesitate to ask.

If there is anyone out there that is inclined to help us in any way our gratitude would be eternal. As I said, this would be a loan. We would both work to pay you back as quickly as possible and I am not opposed to working for it now if someone has work for me to do. Also, if anyone would be inclined to help bail her out we could pay you back even more quickly. Neither of us has any family to fall back on or ask for help so this is the last thing I could think to do.

Feel free to contact me any time, and I will get back to you as soon as I can! Thank you for reading this, and considering to help. My gratitude is immense and eternal.

-Jason

Hello...

This has got to be the most humbling, humiliating experience ever. I just spent days creating a free website, not even knowing a site like this existed...Arrgghh!!!! Story of my life! Anyways, if you want the full gist of our story, please go to http://payitforwardtoday.webs.com. I'll try to be brief here. I figure if I'm going to ask total strangers for help, they have a right to know a little (or a lot!) about who they are helping. We are a family of 4 (plus our little Mini Daschund, who we'll call "Puppers" for the sake of privacy!) that have fallen on really hard times. We are not looking for hand outs; we are looking for a hand up! If you think it's not seriously earth shattering to realize that the best and only hope you have left is to air your dirty laundry to the world, and hope someone shows up with some detergent, then I really hope you never go through anything like this. I wouldn't wish our situation on my worst enemy on their worst day. It is truly soul crushing.

I am a wife and mother of 2 children, ages 9 and 21. Long and short of it, my oldest struggled A LOT. He was expelled from his school, and I forced him into the only other school that would take him, made him go every day until the time he got arrested. I picked up his diploma for him at his school, as he was in jail and couldn't go get it, but I am, to this day, glad that he has that diploma, and now, 4 years later, so is he. He was diagnosed as Bi-Polar while incarcerated, and mental can be so much tougher to deal with than physical. I'll always wish I had known the exact right point where his road changed to the one he travelled, and stopped it before it started. Now he is going to be a father himself, and all I can do is believe things will be ok (and wait anxiously to kiss all over my new Grandchild!!!!)

I got into trouble by with the IRS by filing taxes with my ex-husband for a couple of years. I didn't know any better, and though we were only married for a few years, and eventually had to part ways, his neglect to file or claim anything has haunted me for years. As I continued to work legitimately, his interest and penalties grew, and since the debt was considered uncollectible from him, the IRS opted to come after me. I was a single mother, unable to get child support, and losing my tax refunds to the IRS. When I reached 30, I met my current husband.

My husband has always been a hard worker, but he too has had his share of bad luck. He is a recovering alcoholic with 11 years of sobriety under his belt. His favorite catch phrase is "I'm the hardest working broke guy I know!", and it's so true. He is CONSTANTLY going; making phone calls, doing estimates, meeting with people to try to network and pick up more business. He does great work, and has had to really struggle to get his licenses, and maintain the insurances required to operate his business. He is in construction, and has had his own business (along with his partner) for about 5 years now. The past year has shown devastating loss. Basically, 9 out of 10 jobs have paid just enough to pay his 4 employees, and he and his partner end up taking home less than their employees. They are also having a hard time competing with "fly by night" construction companies who come in, promise the world for pennies on the dollar, and when they have problems a year later, the company is nowhere to be found. It's a constant battle to convince people that your workmanship and the warranty that backs it up, in addition to being a local contractor for 25+ years with a stellar reputation is worth it's weight in gold.

I am working at a really decent company now, and was thrilled to get my foot in the door. I wasn't there a month before the IRS decided to garnish my wages. Now, instead of the $500+ I would be taking home each week, I am bringing home a meager $123 per week. This has been our sole income for many weeks now, and after reviewing all of my paperwork, it appears the IRS feels I owe them in excess of $50,000!!!! This does NOT include the state taxes, which haven't caught up with me yet, but I'm sure they will. So, I have decided to stay working, even though unemployment would pay me more, because jobs are tough to come by. However, it's impossible trying to run a family by borrowing money from everyone we know, and no way to pay it back, because the money we bring in doesn't even pay the bills, the rent...it barely covers the groceries.

Can I add one more thing here? My husband, who's job is primarily getting up on a roof every day, was recently diagnosed with Vertigo. He can't drive right now, and even if jobs come in, he can't get on a roof anytime soon either. Reading through what I've written, I'm thinking to myself "I would SO think this is fake if I were reading it". I assure you, it's not. I'm not looking to bilk money from anyone, and I'm not promising anything to you in return. The only thing I AM promising is that you would honestly be helping a family in need. I know there are people worse off than us, and I thank GOD every day that I got to wake up in the morning, and that I have a family to love, and that loves me. I hope you never know how painful it is to tell your daughter that she can't go to gymnastics this time around because we don't have the money. I hope you never have to sleep on someones' couch with your child because your electricity is off, and you can't find anything valuable enough to pawn so you can pay it. I hope you never have to look in your husbands' eyes and see the pain and humiliation there because he feels he has failed your family. None of these things are things we asked to happen, but they all did. Could we have done anything differently? Sure. But who out there reading this right now has always chosen the right path? Who has NOT made errors along the way?

We are not looking to get rich. We are looking for a helping hand. We have always helped others when we have been able to, and are hoping there are others like us out there that feel the same. My primary goal is to collect enough to retain a tax attorney to help negotiate a settlement for me, so that I can finally contribute to my family, and take some pressure off of my husband. I am also hoping to pay off some utility bills we still owe, and March and Aprils' rent. That's it. Just looking to keep the little roof we rent over our heads. If we are able to get back on our feet, we'd like to pay it forward ourselves...one person, one family at a time.

Thanks for listening to the story of a stranger, and if you've got even a dollar or 2 to spare, we'd be really grateful. I'm sorry this is all over the map, but I'm not a writer, nor even a college grad. I'm a regular person fallen on hard times, and doing anything I can to get some help for my family.

Peace.

Ok so thisis the story, My car... is was set on fire. I am a manager at an apartment complex and yes I have to evict tenants, tow cars and just do the dirty work of the company. If anyone could doante just a $1 it could really add up, I just need a car to get to work! I am 28 years old, and just a normal bill paying citizen, I really need help, I have the pictures and police report to prove it all! Of course the the police havent caught the tenants boyfriend yet who did this. This is my first cyberbeg so please bear with me, ask any questions you need to.

Hello! We are raising up to $3,000.00 for Emit.

Emit is my father-in-laws beautiful brown lab. He recently started having cataract problems at the age of 3. We were all saving up the money to take him in and get him cataract surgery when my father-in-laws house burnt down last year.

Since the fire, Emit's eyes have grown increasingly worse and the money for his eyes had to go to the deductable for the insurance company as well as the initial costs of rebuilding and buying bare necessaties like clothing. It is truely amazing how much you take for granted when you have nothing!

It has been a VERY difficult year and a painful financial blow. We have been unable to save back up the 3,000.00 $ to take Emit in for his surgery. It is horrible to watch a playful pup with so many more years ahead of him have trouble walking in the yard. He doesnt even see a tree and will walk right into it.

We also have been scared and have had to limit his freedom in the yard due to the pool and the deck stairs. We have to leave water in the pool in case he were to fall in. Since the fire though, there is no money to even pay for chemicals so it is quite dirty water :( He has also fallen down the stairs and hurt his leg so we have to caution his movements there as well.

Emit doesnt understand his restrictions! We want to be able to take him in and get his eyes corrected as soon as possible! My husband and I are raising money for this cause and hope to present it to my father-in -law (and Emit) on Christmas.

Please help us in any way you can!

i am a 26 yr old female who has been physically and emotionally abused / neglected my entire life. i have no friends or anyone to help me at all and only 1 survivng family member, my mother who i was recently living with. her abuse was extreme and horrible and it was way too much to handle so now i am homeless. i dont really have any other options, i have nothing of value and was not able to attend school due to a rocky home life so i dropped out in 5th grade. i am trying really hard to better my life and i got my GED w/ nearly perfect scores and i am trying to attend college as best i can. i am very smart and gifted and am getting a perfect grade in my nutrition and science classes. it is really hard to do anything as i have no money at all, i havent been able to find a job all year, i am literally starving and have not eaten for about 2 days because i have to beg for money to eat off of dollar menus. i am not able to get food stamps because i am in college, i have no financial aid because i am just starting college and my gpa was too low due to withdrawls. i had to withdraw because of abuse and the toll it was taking on me and my grades. i have no income or money at all. social services are completely failing me and i am starving, dirty, homeless, and seriously depressed. i practically live out of public restrooms and sometimes i do eat leftover food i find discarded. i dont want to sound overly dramatic but this is really what i have to do to get by. my school gives me canned food every week that i basically live off of and i have to conserve it by eating it about once a day / every other day, ( its not very much, maybe a day or so worth of food ). when it rains i sometimes sleep in the student health center if i am unable to find an adequate freezing corner to crawl into. i am so alone, i have been my whole life, i have nothing and no one and i never really have had any kind of life. i am so tired, i try so hard to better my life and its just really hard and depressing. i will do anything for money just so i can eat. if i wasnt fat or ugly i would go become a hooker or some kind of criminal at this point. i will seriously do anything. if u have anything in mind let me know, i will do it. i have barely any resources and my last shred of hope is hanging pretty thin. i am probably going to end up dying anyways because i am just wasting away and nothing ever really gets any better. i dont care if i live or die. i have nothing and no one and i am horribly alone and sad. i need serious help and i doubt anyone or anything is going to give a rats ass about a worthless unwanted accident in the first place. public services fail me, i do not have any children or drug addictions. maybe if i starve enough i will become thin enough to be a stripper. i really need to see a doctor. honestly no one will ever care what happens to me. i need some serious help. i am trying to have a normal life and be a normal person. i need money to eat and maybe 1 nice outfit to wear on an interview, i have nothing. im not too concerned where i sleep anymore. anything you can help me with would be eternally appreciated and i will give it all back when i am able to. i want to save enough money to get out of this state and get some kind of place / life somewhere because i cant afford to live here even if i did have a job. i am stuck here and really need a way out. please help me, someone, anyone. i am entirely grateful from the bottom of my heart, what little is left of it. =(

My husband and I were married on February 14, 2010. We are completely in love and were high school sweethearts. We are a young couple, only 24 years old. We are expecting our first child in November.

We moved to Cleveland May 1st so that my husband could start school at Ohio Tech. I transferred pharmacy school from Toledo to Cleveland State University, and I was also working at home for a prescription benefit provider so I had the luxury of moving my job with me to Cleveland.

The move to Cleveland took a lot of time and money. So much, that we didn't have any money left to actually rent a place that was decent, so we ended up settling for a house in a horrible neighborhood that needed LOTS of cleaning and work, just so we wouldn't have to pay a deposit and also so the rent would be cheap. We thought since we had my job, we'd be able to get the house in working order quickly. The house has bad plumbing and the carpets were filthy. Dogs had run rampant in the house and defecated all over. We had to pull up all the carpets and start working on the plumbing.

The plumbing was so old, when one pipe was repaired another started leaking. The hot water pipes were the worst, so we still have no hot water to this day. We ran out of money the end of May because I lost my job working from home, as many people were laid off. We have no toilet because both toilets are jam-packed with someone else's waste and we can't afford a plumber to remove the toilet waste so we can get them running again. My husband and I have been using the restroom in plastic bags and buckets that we dump in holes we dug in the backyard. It sounds unbelievable, but I can't make this stuff up.

Additionally, for about a month there, we had no vehicle because as soon as we moved to Cleveland, the alternator on our Ford Explorer went out and a neighbor with a drug problem stole the car keys, but I was finally able to trade with someone on craigslist for a running minivan about a week ago--so now I have the ability to drive down to the store to use the restroom.

We still have no hot water. My husband and I take cold showers and everytime we shower, water pours into the basement. The conditions are bad for my husband and me, especially me, since I am pregnant.

We have sold everything we had. I have finally started to obtain unemployment --100 dollars a week-- and I receive food stamps, but I am struggling. Rent is due, which is 275 dollars, and I only have about 50 bucks left out of the check I got today from the UI office.
My husband and I are facing eviction and homelessness.

If I didn't have to come on this site to beg for help I wouldn't. I have never relied on help from others. This is my first time being on public assistance/welfare and I hate it with a passion. I feel dirty going to food pantries. I'm white driving a nice minivan so I get looks like I shouldn't be there, and on the inside I know why I'm there and it kills me.
We've been looking for jobs but no one is hiring us.
The life we are living is terrible and not what we expected when we got married. This should be a happy time in our lives.

If you can help me out at all, with ANYTHING... please--it would be so very appreciated. I am desperate.
Thank you.

Hello,
my name is Cherie. I am twenty years old. I have been houseless for the past year and carless for the past 6 months. I have been trying to find a job for a long time but to no avail. It makes it hard to get a job when you don't have an address or a car to get to work reliably with. So it's a lose/lose situation, and continuing cycle.
I have been in shelters and they weren't for me. It's not fun havig set times that you can access a bathroom or shower. So, my car was my home.
When I had my car still things were much better for me. I always had a place to go out of the elements, and a way to get to work and get around with.
I am asking all of you out there right now, to please help me, so I can get out of this hole that I am in, and make some progress in my life.
My ultimate goal in the end if I can get a car is to, get a job-then save up money for a security deposit on a place- and keep working hard until better things come my way.
For now I only have twenty dollars in my pocket, and the jingle of some dirty change.
I saw a nice car for $400 the other day that I would have loved to have. I don't need anything fancy, just something safe to drive and sleep in.
Hope my prayers are answered, and God Bless all.
Thanks for reading....

Love...
Cherie